Mark Czaus ran for 200 yards and scored three long touchdown runs to lead the unbeaten Friars to a 48-26 win, handing the Coyotes their third straight loss.

WFHS played this one without speedy wide receiver Devontay Chaffin, who had averaged 23.3 yards a catch and scored five touchdowns in the first three games.

Coach Jayson Lavender said Chaffin — who had committed to Louisiana Tech — had violated the rules and expectations of the coach and "is not participating in Coyote football."

Lavender said Chaffin would not be on the team for next week's home district opener against The Colony. He stopped short of saying that Chaffin was suspended for the remainder of the season, but some others close to the program indicated that the talented senior was through for the year.

The Coyotes still have some playmaking wide receivers in Bubba Mathis (seven catches, 105 yards; two touchdowns) and Diondre Singleton (six catches, 101 yards), but that was not enough to counter the running of Czaus or the six WFHS turnovers.

"It was ugly. Anytime you give a team points like we did off turnovers, it is hard to win," Lavender said. "We are playing with young kids, but that's no excuse. I have to do a better job of getting them ready to play.

"There are a lot of good things happening in this program. It will translate onto the field some day."

The win keeps the Friars' season perfect at 4-0. It was the third straight loss for the 1-3 Coyotes.Czaus had a pair of long touchdown runs of 42 and 51 yards, and the Friars cashed in for a couple more easy scores on WFHS miscues to go up 27-19 at halftime.

But the Coyotes got on the scoreboard first — thanks to two nice kicks by Jared Martinez and a big defensive stop.

Martinez's 47-yard punt that followed the first WFHS possession backed the Friars up to their own 1. Alert defensive plays by Tyler Reyna and Hunter Wood forced third-and-three where Gus Simpson tackled Kevin Huffaker for a 4-yard loss.

Mathis' 24-yard punt return let the Coyotes start their next drive at the Bishop Lynch 14, and they cashed in on a 35-yard field goal by Martinez for a 3-0 lead with 7:32 left in the first quarter.

Tony Dodson has been the quarterback on the Friars' first two possessions, but Czaus took over the next they got the ball and carried four straight times for 56 yards — the last a 42-yard score and a 6-3 lead.

The first of Chance Garey's two interceptions in the first half led to a 45-yard field goal by Martinez that squared things at 6-6 with 3:53 left in the first quarter.

Dylan Sheffield, throwing from his own end zone, tossed one into the hands of free safety Frank Vecella who walked in from the 1 for a 12-6 lead with still 1:41 left in the quarter.

Sheffield quickly made up for that 55 seconds later, hooking up with the speedy Mathis for a 48-yard touchdown and a 12-12 tie.

The next time the Coyotes got the ball, they started moving the ball on the ground with D'ahshujuan Hickerson. That set up a Sheffield-to-Singelton pass from 32 yards and then a play action 1-yard toss to Dallas Dunbar for the TD and a 19-12 lead with 10:04 to go in the half.

The Friars, however, got another easy touchdown off a WFHS turnover when Sheffield fumbled and cornerback David Garcia returned it 5 yards for a score and a 20-19 advantage.

That grew to an eight-point edge when Czaus ran 51 yards for a TD on the first play of Bishop Dunne's next drive.

The Coyotes got to within 27-26 midway through the third quarter when Sheffield hit Mathis with a 12-yard scoring strike, but on the fourth play of the Friars' next drive, Czaus broke up the middle and dashed 46 yards for a touchdown.

Bishop Lynch scored twice more to put it away in the final quarter, the first one set up by another WFHS fumble.